1661 Retail?

[Julian]

Hello everyone! so i know that Armor is to move their store from the shoppes of Avondale down to 1661 and yesterday I noticed that the signs are up for a restaurant called ZOES Kitchen, anyone know of anything else going in there? i had heard talk of a Panera bread opening up in there as well. Either way it'll make a nice retail corridor connecting Riverside Park and Memorial Park

[avonjax]

Armor has decided not to move to 1661. I have heard that a bank is leasing the corner spot closest to the park.
That is the only news I have for now.

[reednavy]

I had heard a rumor of a GAP store setting up shop in 1661. Would be nice

[exnewsman]

Einstein Bros Bagels open at 1661 Riverside, Monday March 31.  Its a very nice place. Smaller than a Panera, but still decent size. Breakfast and lunch + drinks is the focus. Various sandwiches (paninis - wraps - pizza bagles, etc), breakfast all day, lots of different bagels, coffees, sodas, etc.
It is the corner space directly across from Starbucks and Sushi Cafe.

[Charles Hunter]

... and there's already a Zoe's Cafe - pretty good food and service, and it appears there's lots of interior build-out work going on in other spaces

[thelakelander]

Its great to see the retail spaces in 1661 fill up.  The street level retail spots in the Everbank Building, the library and courthouse garages are still empty. 

[Traveller]

Einstein Bros. was conducting employee training Saturday and was giving out free sandwiches.  Today is their first official day of business.  As previously mentioned, there is a Zoe's Kitchen on the north end of the retail strip, and a Snap Fitness in between.  I'm not sure how much room is left.  Maybe one more parcel for a smaller business.

No retail tenants will move into the Everbank building until all the construction and landscaping is finished.  Hopefully, that won't take too much longer.  A restaurant in that building would do very well, as Johnny's Deli has a monopoly on that part of town.  Plus, the new JTA trolley will stop right in front of the building.  I had heard at one point the owners of Chives and Cafe Nola were going to open a restaurant there, but had backed out due to construction.

[fsujax]

What ever happend to that US Post Office that was suppose to fill the space in the County Courthouse garage?? as usual nothing has happend with these planned retail spaces.